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{{Infobox album
| name       = Play: The B Sides
| type       = compilation
| artist     = [[Moby]]
| cover      = MobyPlayTheBSides.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = {{Start date|2000|10|24}}
| recorded   =
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      =
| length     = {{Duration|m=60|s=34}}
| label      = {{hlist|[[Mute Records|Mute]]|[[V2 Records|V2]]}}
| producer   = Moby
| prev_title = [[MobySongs 1993–1998]]
| prev_year  = 2000
| next_title = [[18 (Moby album)|18]]
| next_year  = 2002
}}
'''''Play: The B Sides''''' is a [[compilation album]] by American [[electronica]] musician [[Moby]]. It was released on October 24, 2000. The album's songs are outtakes from his 1999 album ''[[Play (Moby album)|Play]]'' which were subsequently released as [[B-side]]s across various singles from the album.

Moby explains: "''The B Sides'' is a collection of songs that weren't quite appropriate for ''Play'', but that I still love enough to release as B-sides. Some of these songs might not be instantly accessible, but I (immodestly) think they are all quite special."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://moby.com/discography/play-the-b-sides/ |title=Play: The B Sides |publisher=Moby.com |access-date=September 22, 2011 |author=Moby |author-link=Moby}}</ref> In the liner notes, Moby admits that the songs would not have been given a wide release if not for the overwhelming success of ''Play''.<ref name="Allmusic"/>

The song "Flower" was featured on the soundtrack for the 2000 film ''[[Gone in 60 Seconds (2000 film)|Gone in 60 Seconds]]'' <ref>{{cite web|author=MacKenzie Wilson |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/gone-in-60-seconds-mw0000608472 |title=Gone in 60 Seconds [Original Soundtrack&#93; - Various Artists &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits |publisher=AllMusic |date=2000-06-06 |access-date=2019-12-16}}</ref> and is also used for the Bring Sally Up exercise challenge, with participants doing squats, push-ups or burpees up or down along with the lyrics of the song.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.calisthenics-101.co.uk/blogs/the-bring-sally-up-challenge |title=What is the "Bring Sally Up" Challenge? &#124; Calisthenics 101 |access-date=2019-01-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702132329/https://www.calisthenics-101.co.uk/blogs/the-bring-sally-up-challenge |archive-date=2019-07-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
“Flower” is also a [[Entrance music|walk-up]] song used by [[Major League Baseball]] player [[Bryce Harper]]. The song "Memory Gospel" was used on the soundtracks for the films ''[[Get Carter (2000 film)|Get Carter]]'', ''[[40 Days and 40 Nights]]'' and ''[[Southland Tales]]'' as well as the documentary ''[[Earthlings (film)|Earthlings]]''.

==Critical reception==
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="Allmusic">{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/play-the-b-sides-mw0000208097 |title=Play: The B Sides – Moby |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=September 22, 2011 |last=Bush |first=John}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev2Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="RS">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/play-the-b-sides-20010118 |title=Play: The B-Sides |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=January 18, 2001 |access-date=September 22, 2011 |last=Chonin |first=Neva}}</ref>
}}
[[AllMusic]]'s John Bush wrote that the B-sides are "distinctly inferior to what was heard on ''Play'' — which proves nothing much more than the fact that Moby is a good editor as well as a great producer."<ref name="Allmusic"/> Neva Chonin from ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' said it was "more of a meditative tone poem" than the "millennial time signature" that was ''Play''.<ref name="RS"/>

==Track listing==
{{track listing
| all_writing = Moby
| extra_column = Original release:
| title1 = Flower
| extra1 = B-side of "[[Find My Baby]]"
| length1 = 3:25
| title2 = Sunday
| extra2 = B-side of "[[Run On (Moby song)|Run On (Extended)]]"
| length2 = 5:03
| title3 = Memory Gospel
| extra3 = B-side of "[[Honey (Moby song)|Honey]]"
| length3 = 6:42
| title4 = Whispering Wind
| extra4 = B-side of "[[Natural Blues]]"
| length4 = 6:03
| title5 = Summer
| extra5 = B-side of "[[Porcelain (song)|Porcelain]]"
| length5 = 5:56
| title6 = Spirit
| extra6 = B-side of "Run On"
| length6 = 4:08
| title7 = Flying Foxes
| extra7 = B-side of "[[Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?]]"
| length7 = 6:16
| title8 = Sunspot
| extra8 = B-side of "[[Bodyrock (song)|Bodyrock]]"
| length8 = 6:49
| title9 = Flying Over the Dateline
| extra9 = B-side of "Porcelain"
| length9 = 4:48
| title10 = Running
| extra10 = B-side of "Run On"
| length10 = 7:05
| title11 = The Sun Never Stops Setting
| extra11 = B-side of "[[South Side (song)|South Side]]"
| length11 = 4:19
| total_length = 60:34
}}

B-sides not featured on the album:
* "Ain't Never Learned" from the single "South Side"
* "Arp" from the single "Bodyrock"
* "Down Slow (Full Length Version)" from the maxi-single "Run On (Extended)"
* "Micronesia" from the single "Honey"
* "Princess" from the single "Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?"
* "Sick in the System" from the single "Natural Blues"

== Personnel ==
Credits for ''Play: The B Sides'' adapted from album liner notes.<ref>{{cite AV media notes |others=[[Moby]] |year=2000 |title=Play: The B Sides |type=liner notes |publisher=[[Mute Records]] |id=LCD STUMM 172}}</ref>

* Moby – [[audio engineer|engineering]], [[audio mixing|mixing]], [[record producer|production]], writing, illustration
* Corinne Day – photography
* Elizabeth Young – photography

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col" | Chart (2000)
! scope="col" | Peak<br/>position
|-
{{album chart|Scotland|24|date=20001029|accessdate=April 9, 2019|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{album chart|UK2|24|date=20001029|accessdate=July 25, 2012|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|165|artist=Moby|id=311606|accessdate=July 25, 2012|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardDanceElectronic|14|artist=Moby|id=311606|accessdate=July 25, 2012|rowheader=true}}
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{Official website}}
* {{Discogs master|82421|Play: The B Sides|type=album}}
* {{MusicBrainz release group|name=Play: The B Sides|id=65fb797e-5c47-3254-928a-1df0df350d76}}

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